Rod and gun . anyoneelse. Mr. Tenderfoot proved true. Heheld himself by main force, althoughmanifestly most impatientlv awaitingmy pleasure. We all knew what tietest cost him. Therefore we rewardedhim bv placing him in the centre a^dtold him to go right up, flush and lakethe first bird no matter which wav itwent. The birds were running in thegrass ahead of the dog. Mr. Tender-foot first saw one, then another and third and appeared a little confused asto what to do. The birds rose with awhirr! and very strong: on the ! Bang! from Mr. Tenderfootwho with his first shot made the us
Rod and gun . anyoneelse. Mr. Tenderfoot proved true. Heheld himself by main force, althoughmanifestly most impatientlv awaitingmy pleasure. We all knew what tietest cost him. Therefore we rewardedhim bv placing him in the centre a^dtold him to go right up, flush and lakethe first bird no matter which wav itwent. The birds were running in thegrass ahead of the dog. Mr. Tender-foot first saw one, then another and third and appeared a little confused asto what to do. The birds rose with awhirr! and very strong: on the ! Bang! from Mr. Tenderfootwho with his first shot made the usualmistake by banging into the brownand not picking his bird. \\\th the sec-ond barrel he was more successful, gras-sing his bird in a workmanlike mannerat long range. My friend on the left se-cured a pretty right and left and the cov- ey was marked down about half a milefurther on. Congratulations to were in order and as he hadstood his situation so well no morefavors were shown him. He was told. Goint up to Flush, to hunt his own line and shoot his ownbirds. We returned to the wagon anddrank success to the shoot. It was decided to put down the youngdog though he was inclined to be a bitwild. I trusted that he would be stea-died by the old dog who had settleddown to his days work. Immediatelythe pup was released he tore up the earthand seeing a meadow lark proceeded tolark after it, despite my rating. Sud-denly he stopped and after featheringcame to an undecided point. I walkedup to him as quickly as possible and alone bird flushed at a fair range and
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